unitid 118912 · Oceanside, CA · public 4-year · suburb (large)
MiraCosta College
- enrollment 2023
- 16,640
- predominant degree
- Associate's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
10,278
73rd pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
27%
undergrads on Pell grants
35th pctl among public 4-years
completion
41%
finish within 150% time
41st pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$15,531
18th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$7,339
after aid, aided students
18th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$43,845
after entry, Title IV students
29th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$9,000
9th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $6,535 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k57%
- 30-48k25%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $19,811
- First-generation students
- 51%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $1,158
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.9× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 931 | — | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 457 | $44,123 | — |
| Biological and Physical Sciences. | 250 | $53,078 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 183 | $61,778 | — |
| Psychology, General. | 125 | — | — |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. | 108 | — | — |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 67 | — | — |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. | 59 | — | — |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services. | 59 | — | — |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 55 | — | — |
| Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians. | 54 | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 50 | $91,941 | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Compare with peers
built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.